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Saturday at 06:26 PM

1 Nov - “Busting Dr. Kane” - Dr. Kane’s House of Horror (4-person teams, 15+, meet in Pocket D) - Beam Rifle, Energy, or Radiation powers; Ghostbuster costumes to start, but bring a Halloween costume so you can get the badge for being in costume! [We did this theme with the Posi TF in June.]

8 Nov - “Snow Crash” - Citadel's Children (Citadel, Level 25-30) - Any AT/powers; dystopian cyber/tech costumes

15 Nov - “Independence Day” - The Lady Grey TF (Lady Grey, Level 45-50) - Any AT/powers; flight suit, pilot, astronaut costumes

22 Nov - “SeaQuest” - The Sky is Falling (Admiral Sutter, Level 20-40) - Deep Sea/Ocean inspired powers & costumes

29 Nov (Thanksgiving weekend) - “Turkey Crash” - Market Crash (Ada Wellington, Level 40-50) - Any AT/powers; Thanksgiving, turkey, or radio/DJ costumes

I'll be out the weekend of 8 Nov. Whoever grabs the reins, I look forward to seeing your exploits!

Saturday at 06:24 PM

On 10/25/2025 at 2:40 PM, FrauleinMental said:

Pics for 1 Nov - “Busting Dr. Kane” - Dr. Kane’s House of Horror (4-person teams, 15+, meet in Pocket D) - Beam Rifle, Energy, or Radiation powers; Ghostbuster costumes to start, but bring a Halloween costume so you can get the badge for being in costume! [We did this theme with the Posi TF in June.]

@FrauleinMental Erin Spangles - Beam Rifle / Atomic Blaster

@Burnt Umber Sideros - Beam/Invul. Sent.

@Bananiac Dr Ray Parker Jr - Traps / Beam Rifle Defender

@Jaxman100 Cancer Treatment - Poison/Rad Defender

We ran the first one without @Bananiac due to timey-wimey shenanigans, so thanks to @Jaxman100 for bringing an alt account!

When @Bananiac got there, we ran a second round, which works for me since I hadn't realized my new regen/psi tank didn't have the badges yet!

Saturday at 03:13 PM

The lockout is against getting the WST reward more than once per week, not on Notice drop. You got the reward when you ran it 45ish and got reward XP.

October 25

1 Nov - “Busting Dr. Kane” - Dr. Kane’s House of Horror (4-person teams, 15+, meet in Pocket D) - Beam Rifle, Energy, or Radiation powers; Ghostbuster costumes to start, but bring a Halloween costume so you can get the badge for being in costume! [We did this theme with the Posi TF in June.]

8 Nov - “Snow Crash” - Citadel's Children (Citadel, Level 25-30) - Any AT/powers; dystopian cyber/tech costumes

15 Nov - “Independence Day” - The Lady Grey TF (Lady Grey, Level 45-50) - Any AT/powers; flight suit, pilot, astronaut costumes

22 Nov - “SeaQuest” - The Sky is Falling (Admiral Sutter, Level 20-40) - Deep Sea/Ocean inspired powers & costumes

29 Nov (Thanksgiving weekend) - “Turkey Crash” - Market Crash (Ada Wellington, Level 40-50) - Any AT/powers; Thanksgiving, turkey, or radio/DJ costumes

Signups for 1 Nov (As @Bananiac points out, the U.S. is still on Daylight Savings Time until 2 Nov):

@FrauleinMental Erin Spangles - Beam Rifle / Atomic Blaster
@Burnt Umber Sideros - Beam/Invul. Sent.
@Bananiac Dr Ray Parker Jr - Traps / Beam Rifle Defender
@Jaxman100 Cancer Treatment - Poison/Rad Defender

October 25

On 10/20/2025 at 7:23 AM, FrauleinMental said:

Pics for 25 Oct - “St. Crispin’s Day” - A Clamor for the People (Penelope Yin, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, Medieval knight costumes:

@FrauleinMental Robt Hooke - Titan Weapons / Dark Armor Brute

@Burnt Umber St. Gereon - Arrow/Arrow Blaster

@Bananiac Svanehild - Katana / Electric Armour Brute

A Zombie Invasion hit within a minute of my logging in.

We recruited three more from LFG for a lot of melee fun with Super Stunners. 🙂

Clamor down!

We alted for a second run, mostly ranged. 🙂

October 25

Here are our themes for November (noon ET):

1 Nov - “Busting Dr. Kane” - Dr. Kane’s House of Horror (4-person teams, 15+, meet in Pocket D) - Beam Rifle, Energy, or Radiation powers; Ghostbuster costumes to start, but bring a Halloween costume so you can get the badge for being in costume! [We did this theme with the Posi TF in June.]
8 Nov - “Snow Crash” - Citadel's Children (Citadel, Level 25-30) - Any AT/powers; dystopian cyber/tech costumes [I'm out this week.]
15 Nov - “Independence Day” - The Lady Grey TF (Lady Grey, Level 45-50) - Any AT/powers; flight suit, pilot, astronaut costumes
22 Nov - “SeaQuest” - The Sky is Falling (Admiral Sutter, Level 20-40) - Deep Sea/Ocean inspired powers & costumes
29 Nov (Thanksgiving weekend) - “Turkey Crash” - Market Crash (Ada Wellington, Level 40-50) - Any AT/powers; Thanksgiving, turkey, or radio/DJ costumes [I’m out this week.]

October 20

4 Oct - “This is Sparta!” - The Praetorian Offensive (Tin Mage Mark II, Level 50 + Alpha Slot) - Any AT/powers, Greek/Spartan (or Roman/Cimeroran) costumes

11 Oct - “Independence Day” - Pirates of the Skies (Silver Mantis, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, American Colonial/Revolutionary costumes

18 Oct - “Stargate” - Temple of the Waters (Operative Renault, Level 25-30) - Any AT/powers, Modern-day soldier costumes

25 Oct - “St. Crispin’s Day” - A Clamor for the People (Penelope Yin, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, Medieval knight costumes

Signups for 25 Oct:

@FrauleinMental Robt Hooke - Titan Weapons / Dark Armor Brute
@Burnt Umber St. Gereon - Arrow/Arrow Blaster
@Bananiac Svanehild - Katana / Electric Armour Brute

October 11

4 Oct - “This is Sparta!” - The Praetorian Offensive (Tin Mage Mark II, Level 50 + Alpha Slot) - Any AT/powers, Greek/Spartan (or Roman/Cimeroran) costumes

11 Oct - “Independence Day” - Pirates of the Skies (Silver Mantis, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, American Colonial/Revolutionary costumes

18 Oct - “Stargate” - Temple of the Waters (Operative Renault, Level 25-30) - Any AT/powers, Modern-day soldier costumes

25 Oct - “St. Crispin’s Day” - A Clamor for the People (Penelope Yin, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, Medieval knight costumes

Signups for 18 Oct:

@Burnt Umber Horrere - sonic/cold corr
@TygerDarkstorm (maybe) Ivycat - Plant/Psi Dominator
@Bananiac Colonel Mindbender - Illusion/Kinetics Controller

October 11

On 10/4/2025 at 5:59 PM, FrauleinMental said:

Pics for 11 Oct - “Independence Day” - Pirates of the Skies (Silver Mantis, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, American Colonial/Revolutionary costumes

@FrauleinMental Erin Spangles - Beam Rifle / Atomic Blaster

@Burnt Umber C. Abyssus - Water/Sonic Corr

@Purple Enchantress Overshocker Elec/Elec tanker

@Bananiac Krieger Prophet - Time / Beam Rifle Defender

Great costumes! I like that @Bananiac brought a Redcoat, and the trouser stripes made him look shinier.

Zero deaths!

Since we were a team of four, we followed up with a Dr. Kane's House of Horror!

October 4

4 Oct - “This is Sparta!” - The Praetorian Offensive (Tin Mage Mark II, Level 50 + Alpha Slot) - Any AT/powers, Greek/Spartan (or Roman/Cimeroran) costumes

11 Oct - “Independence Day” - Pirates of the Skies (Silver Mantis, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, American Colonial/Revolutionary costumes

18 Oct - “Stargate” - Temple of the Waters (Operative Renault, Level 25-30) - Any AT/powers, Modern-day soldier costumes

25 Oct - “St. Crispin’s Day” - A Clamor for the People (Penelope Yin, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, Medieval knight costumes

Signups for 11 Oct:

@FrauleinMental Erin Spangles - Beam Rifle / Atomic Blaster
@TygerDarkstorm Ivycat - Plant/Psi Dominator (maybe)
@Burnt Umber C. Abyssus - Water/Sonic Corr
@Purple Enchantress Overshocker Elec/Elec tanker
@Bananiac Krieger Prophet - Time / Beam Rifle Defender

October 4

On 9/27/2025 at 4:09 PM, FrauleinMental said:

4 Oct - “This is Sparta!” - The Praetorian Offensive (Tin Mage Mark II, Level 50 + Alpha Slot) - Any AT/powers, Greek/Spartan (or Roman/Cimeroran) costumes

@FrauleinMental Kapten Sverige - Energy/Shield Stalker

@TygerDarkstorm EnvironmentaBot - Bots/Nature MM

@Burnt Umber Horrere - Sonic/Cold Corr

@Bananiac Nuclear Rift - Archery / Rad Armor Sentinel

@Jaxman100 Dark/Willpower Brute - Acolyte of Astoria

We did a full TinPex today, missing only the Midnight Dodger badge from both Master runs. We tried recruiting from LFG each time, but the lure of ToT was too strong. 🙂 Great costumes, and great work from all!

September 27

4 Oct - “This is Sparta!” - The Praetorian Offensive (Tin Mage Mark II, Level 50 + Alpha Slot) - Any AT/powers, Greek/Spartan (or Roman/Cimeroran) costumes

11 Oct - “Independence Day” - Pirates of the Skies (Silver Mantis, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, American Colonial/Revolutionary costumes

18 Oct - “Stargate” - Temple of the Waters (Operative Renault, Level 25-30) - Any AT/powers, Modern-day soldier costumes

25 Oct - “St. Crispin’s Day” - A Clamor for the People (Penelope Yin, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, Medieval knight costumes

Signups for 4 Oct:

@FrauleinMental Kapten Sverige - Energy/Shield Stalker
@TygerDarkstorm EnvironmentaBot - Bots/Nature MM
@Burnt Umber Horrere - Sonic/Cold Corr
@Bananiac Nuclear Rift - Archery / Rad Armor Sentinel
@Jaxman100 Dark/Willpower Brute - Acolyte of Astoria

September 27

On 9/20/2025 at 12:36 PM, FrauleinMental said:

Pics for 27 Sep (noon ET) - “Under the Mountain” - Beast of the Mountain (Virgil Tarikoss, Level 15-20) - Page 2 Power Sets (Pyrotechnic Control, Psi Armor, Energy Aura (Tankers), Regeneration (Tankers)); Lord of the Rings inspired powers and costumes

@FrauleinMental Cheerleader Blondie - Regen/Psi Tanker

@Burnt Umber Amentia - Psi/Psi Brute

@Nurogue Dazzling Waves - Pyro/Marine Controller

@Bananiac Witchking - Ninja / Psi Armor Stalker

Looking great, even if we have a lot of Nazgul--maybe that's appropriate since Tarikoss is redside. 🙂 I went out for the Iron Blade temp power to complete the look, which has the added benefit of unlocking the Katie Hannon TF on this toon for the future.

I accidentally over-recruited, so I dropped out to leave a team of 8 to rock out Tarikoss. Great that there were enough people on Indom today to have that problem! I hope you guys got a pic or two to post, though I'm usually pretty bad at taking screenshots during play.

For my part, I did a quick (26:27) solo of Posi 1 for the WST. I needed a Notice of the Well, and Posi 1 doesn't have an AV. I actually soloed both Posi 1 and 2 when leveling this character, so it's not bad at all. And it's low enough level that the Iron Blade temp came in handy.

And then I took a nap. I got my Flu and Covid vaccines a couple days ago, so this will be a strange weekend for me. 🙂

September 20

Signups for 27 Sep (noon ET) - “Under the Mountain” - Beast of the Mountain (Virgil Tarikoss, Level 15-20) - Page 2 Power Sets (Pyrotechnic Control, Psi Armor, Energy Aura (Tankers), Regeneration (Tankers)); Lord of the Rings inspired powers and costumes

@FrauleinMental Cheerleader Blondie - Regen/Psi Tanker
@Burnt Umber Amentia - Psi/Psi Brute
@Nurogue Dazzling Waves - Pyro/Marine Controller
@Bananiac Witchking - Ninja / Psi Armor Stalker

Also, in lieu of Shardtober (which can be hard to recruit for), I've put together an October theme that's inspired by St. Crispin's Day at the end of the month:

4 Oct - “This is Sparta!” - The Praetorian Offensive (Tin Mage Mark II, Level 50 + Alpha Slot) - Any AT/powers, Greek/Spartan (or Roman/Cimeroran) costumes
11 Oct - “Independence Day” - Pirates of the Skies (Silver Mantis, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, American Colonial/Revolutionary costumes [I’m 50/50 this week.]
18 Oct - “Stargate” - Temple of the Waters (Operative Renault, Level 25-30) - Any AT/powers, Modern-day soldier costumes [I’m out this week.]
25 Oct - “St. Crispin’s Day” - A Clamor for the People (Penelope Yin, Level 20-25) - Any AT/powers, Medieval knight costumes

September 20

On 9/13/2025 at 11:53 AM, FrauleinMental said:

Pics for 20 Sep - “Nuclear Power” - Terra Volta Respec #1 (Jane Hallaway, Level 24-33) - Rad powers, radiation worker costumes (doctors, rad suits, etc.):

@FrauleinMental Cranberry Doctor - Rad/Rad Corruptor

@Burnt Umber (maybe) Baryosynthesis - Rad./Regen. Sent

@Jaxman100 Irradiant Isotope - Rad/Rad Blaster

@Nurogue Particle Dance - Rad/Fire Tank

I think I saw in the scrolling chat @Burnt Umber was still under the weather. Hope you recover soon!

Welcome to new Theme Teamer @Nurogue!

September 19

35 minutes ago, Nurogue said:

Hello, for the 20th, I can bring Rad/Fire Tank "Particle Dance" if you need. Which server?

Indomitable.

Some of us play on other servers, and we talked briefly last week about doing this on another server to drum up interest, but Indom is home for me.

September 13

Signups for 20 Sep (starting at noon ET) - “Nuclear Power” - Terra Volta Respec #1 (Jane Hallaway, Level 24-33) - Rad powers, radiation worker costumes (doctors, rad suits, etc.):

@FrauleinMental Cranberry Doctor - Rad/Rad Corruptor
@Burnt Umber (maybe) Baryosynthesis - Rad./Regen. Sent
@Jaxman100 Irradiant Isotope - Rad/Rad Blaster
@Nurogue Particle Dance - Rad/Fire Tank

September 13

On 9/6/2025 at 5:39 PM, FrauleinMental said:

Pics for 13 Sep - “Scoutmaster ~~Kahn~~ Karsis” - Cavern of Transcendence (Karsis, Level 12-15) ~~(Dr. Kahn, Level 45-50)~~ - Any AT/Powers, Girl/Boy Scout costumes

@FrauleinMental Cheerleader Blondie - Regen/Psi Tank

@TygerDarkstorm Polly Shockit - Electric/Electric Corruptor

@Burnt Umber Backstreet Justice - StJ/WP Scrapper

@Jaxman100 Nymra - Plant/Poison Controller

We were light, and no bites from LFG channel, so we called an audible and switched to the easier WST this time.

@Burnt Umber made it after all!

Good run! The Regen/Psi Tank holds up even at low levels, but I definitely took more primary powers when they became available at low levels and not as many secondary (attack) powers.

September 13

4 minutes ago, Burnt Umber said:

Ugh, I had the bad luck of catching a nasty bug, so I am a bit too sick to join today. Best of luck.

Sorry to hear that! Get well soon!

September 7

8 hours ago, TygerDarkstorm said:

Oh okay cool; I think I confused Kahn with Quarterfield--it's one I've never done before I don't think.

Dr Kahn is the blueside version of Barracuda. Theme Team completion time in March was 1:03:32.

Dr Q is the notorious one--it generally took about 8 hours on Live, long before the proliferation of transport powers. On HC, it can be speedrun in 90 minutes but our last Theme Team run (last Shardtober) took 2:47:41. I soloed it in July in 3:09:07.

September 7

39 minutes ago, TygerDarkstorm said:

Is Kahn the TF that's like 3 hours long?

No, it's relatively short unless you're doing a Master run. It's the one with all the 5th Column ambushes while you fight Reichsman and 4 other AVs who activate sequentially as Reichsman's HP drops.

September 6

September themes:

6 Sep - “Darkstalkers” - Soul of the Woodsman (Numina, Level 35-40) - Any AT/powers, Shapeshifters (two costumes with different face/body types, start with one and switch to the second as we enter Eden; e.g., one vaguely human and one Monstrous)
13 Sep - “Scoutmaster Kahn” - Return of the Reichsman (Dr. Kahn, Level 45-50) - Any AT/Powers, Girl/Boy Scout costumes
20 Sep - “Nuclear Power” - Terra Volta Respec #1 (Jane Hallaway, Level 24-33) - Rad powers, radiation worker costumes (doctors, rad suits, etc.)
27 Sep - “Under the Mountain” - Beast of the Mountain (Virgil Tarikoss, Level 15-20) - Page 2 Power Sets (Pyrotechnic Control, Psi Armor, Energy Aura (Tankers), Regeneration (Tankers)); Lord of the Rings inspired powers and costumes

Signups for 13 Sep:

@FrauleinMental Cheerleader Blondie - Regen/Psi Tank
@TygerDarkstorm Polly Shockit - Electric/Electric Corruptor
@Burnt Umber Backstreet Justice - StJ/WP Scrapper
@Jaxman100 Nymra - Plant/Poison Controller

September 6

On 9/1/2025 at 7:18 AM, FrauleinMental said:

Pics for 6 Sep - “Darkstalkers” - Soul of the Woodsman (Numina, Level 35-40) - Any AT/powers, Shapeshifters (two costumes with different face/body types, start with one and switch to the second as we enter Eden; e.g., one vaguely human and one Monstrous)

Original lineup:

@FrauleinMental Madame Cherenkova - Rad/Marine Corruptor

@ZamuelNow Ebony Gyro - Elec/Elec Blaster

@Bananiac Nuclear Fuel Rod - Rad / Staff Tank

Here's our original lineup.

We recruited several more--thanks for coming out!

Versus Jurassik.

September 4

It's shown on the wiki, but it's spread out over the discussion of the mission.

The Ripple Raider badge is for defeating all 12 optional AV/Hero-class opponents:

In the first ripple (Council), you have to defeat the 5 AVs at the far end of the map: Arakhn, Maestro, Nosferatu, Protean, and Emperor Requiem.
In the second ripple (Devouring Earth), you have to defeat the four turned Heroes (Gale, Quill, Slate, Tundra) and Terra. I don't think the Mouthpiece counts, since it's only an EB.
In the third ripple (Portal Corp), you have to defeat Hero 1 and Incandescent, which requires that you agree to help PsiCurse. I don't think Apex counts, since he's a required defeat.

September 1

September themes:

6 Sep - “Darkstalkers” - Soul of the Woodsman (Numina, Level 35-40) - Any AT/powers, Shapeshifters (two costumes with different face/body types, start with one and switch to the second as we enter Eden; e.g., one vaguely human and one Monstrous)
13 Sep - “Scoutmaster Kahn” - Return of the Reichsman (Dr. Kahn, Level 45-50) - Any AT/Powers, Girl/Boy Scout costumes
20 Sep - “Nuclear Power” - Terra Volta Respec #1 (Jane Hallaway, Level 24-33) - Rad powers, radiation worker costumes (doctors, rad suits, etc.)
27 Sep - “Under the Mountain” - Beast of the Mountain (Virgil Tarikoss, Level 15-20) - Page 2 Power Sets (Pyrotechnic Control, Psi Armor, Energy Aura (Tankers), Regeneration (Tankers)); Lord of the Rings inspired powers and costumes

Signups for 6 Sep:

@FrauleinMental Madame Cherenkova - Rad/Marine Corruptor
@ZamuelNow Ebony Gyro - Elec/Elec Blaster
@Bananiac Nuclear Fuel Rod - Rad / Staff Tank

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